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First seen by Alion on Nov 15, 2026. Network Recruitment scores A on the Alion truth index.

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Network Recruitment is a South African recruitment agency that places permanent and contract candidates with client companies. Its head office is at Summit Place Office Park in Menlyn, Pretoria, and it recruits for roles in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Centurion, Cape Town and Durban. Its advertised vacancies cover software developers and engineers, finance and tax specialists, credit risk managers and KYC analysts, published on South African job boards such as PNet and Executive Placements.
Reference: ITA006314-Raees-2

A growing technology environment is looking for a hands-on Network & Security Engineer to take ownership of network infrastructure, security controls and cybersecurity improvements across the environment. Duties & Responsibilities This is a technical role suited to someone who enjoys working across networking, firewalls, infrastructure security and modern security technologies, while also being comfortable troubleshooting issues, investigating risks and implementing practical solutions.
Key Responsibilities
  • Manage and troubleshoot FortiGate/FortiOS firewalls, including policies, NAT, VPNs, routing and segmentation.
  • Manage HP and Sophos switching environments, including VLANs, trunks, routing and network troubleshooting.
  • Implement and maintain network segmentation and security controls.
  • Support and improve Privileged Access Management (PAM) and administrative access controls.
  • Manage and enhance EDR/XDR capabilities, including threat detection, investigation and response.
  • Own or support Vulnerability Management, including scanning, assessment, prioritisation and remediation tracking.
  • Manage secrets and certificate management, including service accounts, API keys, credentials and certificates.
  • Support container and Kubernetes security, including image vulnerabilities, secrets, RBAC, service accounts and runtime security principles.
  • Review firewall rules, privileged access and infrastructure configurations to identify security risks.
  • Assist with security incidents, technical investigations and remediation.
  • Support disaster recovery, backup and infrastructure resilience testing from a network and security perspective.
  • Implement and support Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and identity- and device-based access controls.
  • Maintain accurate network diagrams, IP/VLAN information, firewall documentation and security procedures.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, application and development teams to ensure security is incorporated into new deployments.
Technical Requirements Strong practical experience with:
Networking: TCP/IP, VLANs, Routing, Switching, VPNs, NAT, DNS, DHCP
Firewalls: FortiGate, FortiOS
Switching: HP, Sophos
Security: PAM, EDR/XDR, Vulnerability Management, Secrets Management, Certificate Management, Network Segmentation, Security Hardening, Zero Trust
Modern Infrastructure: Container Security, Kubernetes Security Principles
Advantageous
  • Nutanix AHV
  • Prism Central
  • Nutanix Flow
  • Hyper-V
  • Nutanix Move
  • Hyper-V to Nutanix migrations
  • Disaster Recovery environments

Apply now!
 
For more exciting IT vacancies, please visit: www.networkrecruitmentinternational.com

If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful.

For more information contact:
Raees Sadek
IT Recruitment
Researcher
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